Hey man this is my first ever draft, I know football pretty well so I decided to try this out. I was in a 10 man snake draft. I had 5th pick. Here's my team QB- Russel Wilson, Eli Manning, Marcus Mariota RB- Doug Martin, Arian Foster, Giovanni Bernard WR- Dez Bryant, Kelvin Benjamin, Julian Edelman TE- Antonio Gates, Julius Thomas, Jimmy Graham Defense- Texans Flex- Tavon Austin, Will Fuller K- Graham Gano If there are any positions I should change around please tell me, also if you could tell me how well do you think I did.
Welcome to fantasy football my friend! You did good but didn't quite approach the your league's roster settings with the correct strategy (assuming you only need to start 1 QB and 1 TE). You don't need 3 quarterbacks in regular leagues (I drafted 3 QBs in this league because we have to start 2 every week). You also do not need 3 tight ends as you will likely only start 1 per week. You're team would have been great if you added more depth to the RB and WR position instead of drafting too many quarterbacks and tight ends. Don't worry about who to start yet for Week 1 until later August/early September.
He did terrible and finished 2nd to last place 11/12. By "he" I mean "me" lol :) BUT I did win first place in the official Couch League! th-cam.com/video/jnlmFn8eWBw/w-d-xo.html
Greetings, This year I am in a keepers League and I was wondering if you can help me choose the top 5 players in my team to keep for upcoming seasons. I currently have QB: C. Palmer WR: Amari. Cooper, Martavis Bryant, Demaryius Thomas, Emmanuel Sanders, Kelvin Benjamin, Keenan Allen RB: Todd Gurley, Shaun Draughn, T.J Yeldon, M.Ingram, LeVeon Bell TE: Jordan Reed. I was thinking: A.cooper, K. Benjamin, K.Allen, T. Gurley, and L. Bell ?? Thank You
Sure thing! Let me rank them for you: 1. Gurley 2. Cooper 3. LeVeon 4. K. Allen 5. J. Reed 6. Demaryius Thomas 7. Palmer 8. Kelvin Benjamin I would only consider keeping Palmer if you don't think you can get a decent QB in the draft. Jordan Reed is a Top 2 TE if he can stay healthy, so if you keep him, make sure you draft another tight end... You can get a guy like Zach Miller late.
Do you do rate my teams? I'm happy with the way my team turned out but I'm sort of on the verge of if its playoff caliber. If you do, here is my team. Is a .5 ppr league. Qb: Romo/rivers committee Wr: Nelson, Evans, Baldwin, Landry, and hurns Rb: Elliott, lacy, forte, Bernard, Lewis Te: gronk K: Boswell D: New England
You bet! I greatly appreciate every view, every sub and every comment I get! I'd love to rate your team... Rivers+Romo is a great QB committee to have. You're going to really need Jordy Nelson to be healthy, as he is the only elite WR you have. Evans can be a WR1 and so can Jarvis, but they are more WR2s imo... Still good depth at WR. Great RB core with Lewis being your RB4 or RB3. Gronk is in a class of his own at TE (Reed is extremely injury prone). I think the Pats defense will regress just a little this year from last year, but not a big deal... Honestly, you're team is so stacked that this seems like an 8-man league. If it's an 8-man league, I'd give you an A- or maybe B+... If this is a 10-man league I give you an A+, if it's a 12-man league, I'd say that it's not even a competitive league and people have no idea what they're doing.
+Fantasy Couch Thank you for responding! I forgot to say, it is an 8 man league. I feel a bit better about my team now. I was just wondering, considering most other teams in the league are stacked as well.
GamePlayWin Yeah, in an 8-man league, I might actually go B+, because you're team is good, but it's about having the Top 1 or Top 2 player at his position. You did good with Gronk. If you can get Nelson and another WR to play at an elite level, you'll be good.
+Fantasy Couch yeah. I sort of had to go with a different approach this year, having the seventh pick, so I tried to style my team around not having the best players out there, but enough strength in numbers to where I can be prepared for whatever happens. If I can get my high upside players to perform, I think I'll be in good shape.
Hey! What do you think about my team in a 12 team ppr league? QB- Eli Manning WR-A.J. green WR-T.Y. hilton RB-Latavious Murray RB-Frank Gore TE-Gronkowski FLEX-Donte Moncrief K- Sreven Hauschka D- vikings BN-tavon austin BN-Marvon jones jr BN-Charles Sims BN-Deandre Washington BN-Reshad Jennings BN-Spencer Ware BN-will Fuller picked 10th round btw Thanks!
I like your kicker! I assume you got Rashad Jennings & Ware as late-round, great-value picks. Good job with that. Grade: B+ ...Seems like the Gronk pick may have caused you to miss out on some good RB & WR starters. But still a good team. If Eli can finish Top7 or Top8 QB and Gronk TE1, then you got a real shot at the championship buddy!
Thanks, one more thing. I recently acquired christine Michael after someone dropped him in FA, and dropped Deandre. I was wondering who you liked more for my RB2 for week 1. S. Ware, Frank Gore, R. Jennings or C. Michael. Im leaning more towards Spencer Ware against SanDiego. What do you think?
First time playing fantasy football. 10 player snake draft standard league. How's my team ? QB: A.Luck RB: L.McCoy RB: D. Lewis WR: A.Brown WR: B.Cooks TE: A.Gates FLX: J.Brown FLX: C.Hogan D/ST: Panthers K: G.Gano BE: D.Woodhead T.Lockett P.Rivers D.Sproles D.Booker M.Wallace
Awww... You're team is incredible A+ except for Dion Lewis :( Recently news broke out that he would miss around 8 weeks. Go drop Sproles or another player and pickup James White if he's available. Also, sit Chris Hogan and start Woodhead for now.
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i ended up with wilson, brady, antonio brown, lacy, watkins, kelce, carlos hyde, and golden tate, seahawks defense, and mcmanus on kicker. thoughts? was considering trading a qb for a better rb not sure
haha well i had a great teacher, i went with the pick up a top qb early strategy and picked everyone else up that i could. what do you recommend i do with brady? btw it's a standard league with 10 people
Roberto Cruz Just keep him unless a Brady/Patriots fan gives you a great deal for him. Appreciate the comment bud. I assume you already subscribed to the channel and liked the video? I came out with a couple new videos this past week - people are loving them!
Hey Fantasy Couch I had just watched your draft. It may be a coincidence but before I watched this video I had done my draft yesterday and I had drafted OBJ 1st, Lacy 2nd, and Rivers. My only question is what do you think is the best draft number to have when you are about to draft in snake.
Great minds think alike! I like Rivers this year, not only because of his weapons (Keenan Allen, Antonio Gates, etc.), but mainly because he is being drafted so late and has great draft value. My honest answer is that the position you are drafting is the best position. You have to be confident, prepared and willing to adjust strategy and make decisions based on the flow of the draft. I would prefer to draft No. 1 overall in order to get Antonio Brown, but other than that, it doesn't really matter. In some drafts you are able to get Antonio Brown No. 2 or No. 3 overall, but that is rare.
Sure thing, I don't mind sharing with my viewers! All I ask is that you please hit the like button and subscribe! Thx! Sometimes it's difficult to choose between 2-3 players when you're drafting or when you're creating your rankings beforehand... That's why I take injury risk into consideration when it's a close call between RBs, WRs and TEs (and rarely QBs). Here are all my links an resources that I used: 2016 Fantasy Football Rankings: www.fantasycouch.com/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/ Injury Risk Predictions: sportsinjurypredictor.com/ The fastest way to bring up recent player news: Copy+paste 'rotoworld' right after the player's name on Google Strength of Schedule: fftoolbox.scout.com/football/strength_of_schedule.cfm?type=l
Thank you. This was for the Instagram Experts league, but we also film our annual Fantasy Couch draft party where it's an offline (in-person) draft. I will upload our 2016 video August 23, so be on the look out for that. We have the best draft party in the world. Here is a look at our 2015 draft: th-cam.com/video/_p2R53Ob4wM/w-d-xo.html
Josh Berg Thanks man. I really appreciate you tuning in all this time. I plan on releasing a new video every Tuesday starting tomorrow, so stay tuned! Here we go!
can you give me some advice on my mock draft team, it was a standard 10 man. My team was: Newton, martin, d. Johnson, edelman, decker, walker, kelce, bernard, crabtree, shepard, coleman, panthers d, gostkowski, winston, hauschka, ravens d.
Great team. Great draft. I wouldn't drat two really good tight ends like that (Walker and Kelce). Because mock drafts take a long time and are not that competitive, I came up with 4 methods to do better mock drafts in this video: th-cam.com/video/bZw1iyxcyXU/w-d-xo.html
David Johnson, Le'Veon Bell, or Ezekiel Elliot in a 12-team half-PPR league? I have the 8th spot in the draft this year and am trying to go RB heavy this time around. I went WR heavy the last two years & didn't work out. I won the league three years ago when I went RB heavy lol. Thanks!
Fantasy Couch my team is Cam Newton Tom Brady Carson Wentz Brandon Marshall Doug Baldwin Doug Martin Matt Forte Brandon Marshall Matt Jones Eagles Defense McManus and Desean Jackson can u plz rate my team 1 to 10 +fantasycouch
Joe Paige Grade: B. Would be an easy A, but I think you did not need to draft so many QBs (I assume you can only start 1)... In this video I recorded, we have to start 2 QBs every week, so you absolutely have to draft 3 QBs in this extreme league. Most leagues, you only can start up to one QB each week.
Can you rate my draft please? 10 player snake draft, standard league(I had 7th pick) QB - bortles RB - McCoy RB - dion Lewis WR - Hopkins WR - Mike Evans TE - Delanie Walker Flex - Keenan Allen Kicker - gotstowski Defense - Texans BENCH - Tyrod Taylor, Daren Sproles , Ware, Davonte Parker, golden Tate, Kevin White
Sure thing! And thanks for telling me standard/ppr and how many teams!!! I like your team a lot, I feel like it could have been better at the RB spot--maybe a high-risk RB flier on your bench or something... Sproles and Ware have very limited upside imo... except if you're able to trade Ware to Jamaal Charles' owner. GRADE: A-
Hi fantasycoach, i'm from Chile and i want to start a fantasy team and i get espn fantasy app. So i assist in a draft and everyone go out, everyone put automatic pick, so my question is where i can get a serious and competitive league? Thx man, good video i subscribe :)
you help me alot last year me and my GF started playing fantasy for the first time and it was alot of fun. Im still new tho so i would like helpful tips to understand a few things
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Put Maclin in the FLEX spot for now. But honestly, you are the first start 'em sit 'em question I got this year and we have over a month to decide who to start for Week 1. Keep tabs on Lewis' injury and definitely have Maclin in there for now, unless something changes down the road in preseason.
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Thank you for the comment. I will be coming out with several new videos real real soon so be on the lookout! Sorry I haven't posted in so long--I've been extremely busy. We launched our own 100-man fantasy football contest, a mobile app for Apple AppStore & GooglePlay, a new website with membership, I launched my new podcast fantasy football podcast, and I'm working on some more new stuff. They also want me speaking at conferences and hopping on radio shows & podcasts. But I'll be back soon! Thank you for you support and patience! You can check out all that new stuff on our website: www.fantasycouch.com/
Thank you for posting this, gives me an idea how I should draft for this year esp with an early pick, would u suggest draft in Brady because of his rank cause the possible suspension and draft a backup to play the first 4 weeks?
Every draft is different. This draft requires you to start 2 QBs (and recommends you draft 3 QBs so you have 1 backup), so quarterbacks go very early in this draft, therefore making Brady more valuable. Most leagues only require you to start 1 QB, so you can choose to wait a long time for a quarterback. Brady has a tough schedule this year and there are a ton of other good QBs. I typically wait for a QB in standard leagues. If you really want to draft Brady, I would wait until approximately Round 8 in a 12-man draft and approximately Round 7 in a 10-man draft to select him. With the first overall pick, I recommend drafting Antonio Brown. In this league, wide receivers and quarterbacks are very important because of the league settings.
+Fantasy Couch I've played in a league like this last year and yah owing a WR let alone the best one in the game is huge down the stretch, he's the top player in PPR and standard, and with Brady, I usually go with him after I select my starting WRs and RBs, then selecting a TE like Olsen, Eifert or Kelce, judging whose up.
ThePS4Gamer313 Sounds like a solid plan. If you're planning on taking Brady I'd recommend 2 things: always have a backup QB plan, and also look at other QBs schedules for Week 1-4 and also Week 9 (Patriots Bye Week).
+Fantasy Couch I have Derek Carr as my plan now ( he's ranked outside the top 100 for NFL.com ) he plays from weeks 1-4 the saints/Falcons/Titans/Ravens. Also considering Blake Bortles, who would u go?
Carr is a very very smart choice. I love it. I would prefer Bortles over Carr if I had a choice, but in reality, Carr goes much later in drafts and he will be a much smarter and a great value pick for your Brady-lead squad!
My strategy going in was to draft a Top 8 QB like Wilson, Cam or even Bortles; then later in the draft take a flyer on my QB3 on a guy like Paxton Lynch or Ryant Fitzmagic... After I couldn't get Bortles, I changed my strategy on the fly and decided to draft 3 QBs close together who were all low QB1s/high QB2s... I had Tyrod Taylor as the last QB in that tier of QBs... I knew that other I drafted T-Mobile, the QBs would be gone the next time I blinked.
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Hey, I just drafted a team and this is how it is with the 8th pick in a 10 team league: QB-Roethlisberger RB-David Johnson RB-Thomas Rawls WR- Deandre Hopkins WR- Keenan Allen TE- Greg Olsen W/R- Julian Edelman K- Stephen Gostkowski DEF- Vikings -Bench- Kirk Cousins Dion Lewis Deangelo Williams Josh Gordon Jimmy Graham. Do you think this is good?
+Fantasy Couch should I try to trade Big Ben for another QB? I was iffy on Rawls but there was really no one up there, so I took him and if he isn't good to go, I have DWill for the first 4 weeks starting, Michael and even Dion Lewis on bench for Rawls if he is hurt, any trade ideas or targets I could go after?
is this a good draft Derek Carr Giovani Bernard le'veon bell Julio Jones Amari cooper Travis kelce Danny wood head Sebastian janikowski raiders D Blake bottles Andy Dalton stefon diggs Sammy Watkins Richard Rodgers clive Walford should I take Ryan Fitzgerald off waivers thank you for feedback
That's a good team--good job. But why do you have so many quarterbacks and tight ends? Also, your team would be much better if you drafted DeAngelo Williams to compliment Le'Veon Bell.
I do not know how your league is setup, but most leagues require you to start: 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1FLEX, 1TE, 1D, 1K... If that's the case, then yes, you have too many TEs. You should only have 1 kicker and only have 1 defense since they are the least important positions and also the most inconsistent positions (most difficult to predict). If you are only starting 1 quarterback, you should only draft 2 QBs (some only draft one). If you only need to start 1 TE, you should only draft 2 TEs at most... In this video, for example, I only drafted 1 tight end... In this video, it is a special league where you have to start 2 quarterbacks every week, and that is why I drafted 3 QBs. I highly suggest you watch this video if it is your first time: How to play fantasy football (for beginners): th-cam.com/video/JJmnJm_uFvk/w-d-xo.html
Hey man I do have a question about one of my Minnesota Vikings, realistically number wise what do you expect from Laquon treadwell in his rookie season and where do you believe he should be drafted. Hope you respond
In a 12-man league, I would try to wait until Round 9, but Round 10 would be even better. Don't draft him any sooner than Round 8 (12-man), even if you're really high on him. There's a ton of WRs in this draft.
Josh Berg The talent is there. He is a great rookie WR, but AP is the offense there, he is a rookie, and Bridgewater may spread the ball a little bit like Drew Brees does--but with far fewer pass attempts of course :) You can check out my 2016 rankings if you'd like. I update them daily: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/
Short answer: Round 7 in a 12-man league. I wrote an article exactly about this questions and also about Brady & Le'Veon Bell. You can read it here: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/fantasy-football-value-suspended-players/
I'm deciding between Julius Thomas and Jason Witten as my back up Tight End. My starting TE is Jordan Reed and he is injury prone. Think you can help again?
Thank you. I'm actually pretty confident in his skills & determination and that he'll play much better than last year... My concern is with the Packers offense... If the Pack can be that potent offense like the were in 2014 and years past, then believe Lacy will get 14+ TDs this year, breaking his career-best of 13 TDs back in 2014.
Love how you picked all the injuries Keenan Allen: "If he could stay healthy" Tony Romo Doug Martin Gronk: "Nice! Good luck bud. Hope Gronk stays healthy for ya all year"
I drafted Tony Romo and Doug Martin. I did not draft Keenan Allen nor Gronk lol. I think you are looking at the player queue or someone else's team. Here are the written draft results: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-draft-ig-experts-league/
In another comment, you said ^^^ about gronk so I included him. Also around 10 minutes, you stated something about hoping keenan allen doesn't get injured lol. Doesn't even matter, keep on making these quality videos
I was invited to the Instagram Experts league for the 2nd year in a row. I said I don't want to draft this early and dual-QB might be a bit too much for a 12-man, but I'm not the commish. I didn't make the rules nor the draft date, but drafting this early makes for better content for the fans and viewers; it gives you guys something to look at and see a real high-stakes draft (not a fake mock draft like most videos) before you guys actually draft. So one of the main reasons I made this video and agreed to draft so early was for my TH-cam subscribers!
Sure. As of right now (LeVeon Bell is worth a mention as long as you draft DeAngelo Williams too): Todd Gurley Adrian Peterson Ezekiel Elliott David Johnson Jamaal Charles You can check out my complete 2016 Rankings (updated daily) here: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/
Sure. To play fantasy football, I recommend the ESPN Fantasy Football app. Yahoo has a pretty good one as well. I need to update it badly, but we also have a Fantasy Couch app available on Google Play & Apple App Store, so make sure to check that out as well. All these apps I mentioned are free.
hey! we finally had a draft yesterday! 12man league! please take a look at my pick and tell me how i did!! i was the 11th pick. WR DeAndre Hopkins RB Devonta Freeman RB Le'Veon Bell WR Sammy Watkins QB Ben Roethlisberger WR Tyler Lockett RB Frank Gore TE Antonio Gates QB Tyrod Taylor RB Derrick Henry WR Corey Coleman RB Jay Ajayi wr braxton miller DST Cincinnati Bengals K Matt Prater WR Sammie Coatesnobody was taking le'veon bell through 3rd round so i had no choice but to pick him up. although he has that 3 game suspension i think it was a good pick. anyway, how did i do????
Nice! You did great! How did you get Hopkins, Bell, Watkins AND Freeman? Wow! Yeah, I would take LeVeon Bell late in the first, or ideally in the Round2. Is DeAngelo Williams available on waivers? Only thing is I would have drafted DeAngelo too (LeVeon Bell's backup). I give you a GRADE: A-
+Fantasy Couch deangelo isnt available which sucks..cuz i never thought about drafting bells backup. maybe thats something that i need to learn throughout the season. ive really wanted elliot for my rb but he was too popular=( what would have given me a grade a? drafting bells backup?
+Fantasy Couch nobody was taking watkins cuz his injury risk was like 90%and bell due to suspension. but i couldnt pass them later than round4 so i just had no choice to pick them up!hope its worth the risk
In a 10 man, standard league, with 1 QB, 3 WR, 2 RB, 1 TE, defense, and a kicker, should I do the go for WR first round strategy then RB, then go back and forth with that? What would recommend for strategy?
I am going to make a video about this. Every draft is different. Pick the best available player in the first round, wether that be an RB or a WR. Here are my Top 10 rankings: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/
Sarcasm? If you look at the published date of the video, this was before word of his 4-game suspension. I have LeVeon ranked No. 12 now on my overall rankings and used to be ranked No. 4 overall before the suspension. I wrote about Gordon, Brady and Bell in a recent article here: www.fantasycouch.com/fantasy-football-value-suspended-players/
+Fantasy Couch +Fantasy Couch I saw the date compared to today. I was trying to make a joke... All seriousness, your video shows importance of looking at other teams draft and projection his or her picks... You did make a mistake IMO if your intention was to double up Bortles-Hurns.. FantasyFrames was never going to draft Hurns in his spots sandwich between your 6-7 picks, so you should have taken Bortles first.
thunder5126 Yes, I made "a mistake" but I am happy with how it turned out after the draft. I am just hard on myself during the draft and it was in the moment. I know that there was less than a 5% chance he would draft Hurns, or anybody that early for that matter - I was aware that Hurns was underrated and hated by the public & also got a sense of that in my league. I straight-up reached for Hurns and I would do it again because I felt he was the last WR in that tier of wide receivers. When you know you might have to draft a WR (and I put a lot of value in PPR leagues in WRs) in the next tier down, you reach for that guy. OK. Good you were sarcastic :) I really appreciate you watching the video and it means a lot to me. We started with zero subs and every view means a lot. I'd appreciate if you hit the like button and subscribed to the channel. Thank you!!!
I know! The "workhorse" RB for the Seahawks would be a sure stud on any fantasy squad... but what if there is no Seahawk RB workhorse? What if Rawls has injury issues still? And they drafted a good pass-catching RB in CJ Prosise. The point is, is that it's too early for a fantasy draft and we don't have enough information yet about the Seahawks and Rawls.
+Fantasy Couch yea that's true it all comes down to the fact that this was way to early of a draft but I think under the circumstances you drafted a great team.
PracticallyKorver Thank you. I definitely see my team as a playoff team... It is a little "bland" but very well balanced... I have good depth at QB, RB and WR... I made sure to grab Hurns & Taylor because they were the last names in that tier at their positions. I welcome all comments and appreciate you watching! I'd really appreciate it if you smashed that like button and subscribed!
What are the links you use for your draft? I'd like to use them and was wondering if you would share them! Great vid and thank you in advance if you choose to share.
Sure. Some of the resources I use are a bit more complicated and better explained in my free fantasy football drafting ebook which you can get here: bit.ly/ffebook I'll do my best to explain here. Sports Injury Predictor: sportsinjurypredictor.com/ Rankings: I use my own rankings, I am finalizing them and they will be on fantasycouch.com in a couple days Rotoworld: Google the player's name followed by the word rotoworld: "[Player Name] rotoworld" Strength of Schedule: Google: "Strength of Schedule" for NFL teams, Google: "Strength of Schedule Fantasy Football" for fantasy football positions or here's a link to the site I was using in the video: fftoolbox.scout.com/football/strength_of_schedule.cfm Team Schedule: Google the team name followed by schedule just to see the team's schedule I like to have the word "rotoworld" copied to my clipboard and ready to paste in google to save time
I released my rankings recently. 2016 Player Rankings: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/ 2016 Rookie Dynasty Rankings: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-rookie-dynasty-rankings/
Sure thing! If you can hit that like button and subscribe to the channel, that would be much appreciated! Thanks! 2016 Fantasy Football Rankings: www.fantasycouch.com/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/ Injury Risk Predictions: sportsinjurypredictor.com/ The fastest way to bring up recent player news: Copy+paste 'rotoworld' right after the player's name on Google Strength of Schedule: fftoolbox.scout.com/football/strength_of_schedule.cfm
Raiders419 You're welcome! More great videos to come so make sure to subscribe if you haven't already! We just published our Rookie Keeper rankings: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-rookie-dynasty-rankings/
is this a good team Qb: Russell Wilson Rb: Jonathan Stewart Rb: Doug Martin Wr: Larry Fitzgerald Wr: Antonio Brown Te: Greg Olsen W/R: Willie Snead Bn: Tyrod Taylor Bn: Giovani Bernard Bn: LeGarrette Blount Bn: Kamar Aiken Bn: Dwayne Allen K: Stephen Gostkowski Bn: Chris Boswell DEF: Carolina Panthers
Grade: B if 12-man. Grade C+ if 10-man. Not big on Stewart & Fitzgerald as starters. The combination of drafting Wilson & Olsen early may have hurt your RB+WR core a little. Still a solid team though. I like D.Allen as a great sleeper tight end.
I am better and more personalized than NFL.com standard robot pre-programmed rating system. Too early imo for Russ Wilson. I stick with my opinion and grade.
Hey man, how did you find this league? do you know these guys? im looking for a way to find more leagues with good players outside of the few leagues im in with friends/family. If anybody needs people for a league, or has tips on how to find leagues to play in, help me out!
This is an Instagram Experts League. The top fantasy football experts who have successful Instagram accounts were invited. I'm not a random fantasy football participant--I've been giving expert advice and providing entertainment in this industry since 2008. I am hosting my own 100-man contest on my website, it's a little different than traditional leagues... It's sort of like DFS, but it's a season-long commitment. I will be playing every week on it btw. Just go to my website and click "Fantasy Football Contest" towards the top: www.fantasycouch.com/
i understand that these aren't random people, but id like to know how one gets more involved in these so called, "expert" leagues.in this case, it was an instagram followers ? credibility thing, but there has to be other ways. i also wasnt discrediting you in your experience in Fantasy Football and the entertainment business. So i guess my question is, how do i get my start on becoming a reputable fantasy football player, and how do i get more involved in leagues with other great players online
Understood. So, the IG Experts League was basically one guy sought out all the top expert Instagram accounts on their, FantasyCouch is one of those accounts. I decided to accept the invitation last year and this is my 2nd year playing with these guys. If you want to be known as an "expert", you have to be an entrepreneur... Start your own brand and work hard... I started with zero followers, zero people knowing about me wanting to create a fantasy sports brand... There's no secret--it's hard work. Now this is super simple: if you want to find competitive leagues, just join money leagues. The higher the league/entry fee and the bigger the prize, the more competitive it will be. I am actually about to start promoting my own 100-man football tournament, you can check it out here. $95 to enter and it's weekly prizes: www.fantasycouch.com/fantasy-football-contest.php
Actually, I should have gotten LeSean McCoy before Doug Martin. It was close between those two guys (Martin & McCoy), but this draft was one week ago, before the news about both Buffalo RBs.
Welcome to FantasyFootball! After the draft, you want to keep up on NFL team trends and player news. You can drop players from your team and add players from Free Agency/Waivers. Every week you decide which players to bench and which players to start--you have until kickoff to make your final decision. It will be a weekly ritual, by Tuesday you decide which players to drop & add, and by Thursday or early Sunday morning, you decide who to start & sit. I highly suggest you watch this: th-cam.com/video/JJmnJm_uFvk/w-d-xo.html
Yes. If you're player doesn't get stats on the field (yard & touchdowns), then you get zero fantasy points... that might be because they are injured, on Bye, suspended... whatever the case may be, if they are not playing, you bench them.
Click Leave League. I also believe you can take it out of your favorites so you don't see it as prominently. games.espn.com/fba/resources/help/faq?name=how-can-i-leave-a-league-that-i-have-joined
I don't think it was dumb. I wanted Bortles, but he was drafted one pick ahead of me. I think it was a good pick, especially for a dual-QB league where quarterbacks get 5 fpts per passing TD. Also, my rankings and all the other rankings I've looked at have Bortles ranked much higher than how ESPN had him ranked in this draft lobby. If you want, you can find my rankings here: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/
+fantasycouch thank you for rating my team I am a huge fan of your videos I drafted 2 Qbs I was interested in trading Newton and maybe Brady in a few weeks so I picked Wentz up if I traded cam and Brady I would still have a good Qb I could maybe trade Newton for Odell even tho he is having a down year but I think he will come back to himself. And possibly Brady for David Johnson Leveon bell or maybe Zeke.
Yup, I love those trade ideas and would be nice to make even 1 of them happen. Thanks for the comment and watching my videos! Good luck this year and go get a win Week 6!
You're welcome! I recommend you subscribe to the TH-cam channel for more great videos including my weekly waiver videos. Also, this draft was done on July 10th. I have a much more entertaining and more recent draft video. Go here to subscribe: bit.ly/couchsub Go here to watch the New Draft Video: th-cam.com/video/jnlmFn8eWBw/w-d-xo.html
Because I figured I could get quarterbacks later in the draft, so I didn't want to reach (even slightly) for a QB. I felt like there would be a drop off of WRs after Hurns, even though I knew 95% he would still be available. Staying disciplined and not reaching for a QB worked out very well for me though. Teams in this league have to start QBs like Sanchez, Lynch, Gabbert, Wentz and Goff.. While I have 3 good QBs on my team: Rivers, Taylor, Romo
I was at work finishing up when I was watching so I stopped after the bortles catastrophy lol... but Im watching some of it now.. Good for you getting Taylor and Romo would be a steal if he's healthy and playing well but Im just not high on rivers he could have a good season but I think its more likely his year of decline
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Don't understand why everyone is high on Bortles. He is going to regress major. Eli manning Drew Bree's and Stafford are better options all 3 with throw the ball a ton and have terrible defenses.
I like Bortles. I have him ranked as QB8 right behind Palmer in my rankings. You can check out my 2016 rankings here: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/
+Fantasy Couch If u like him go for him I just think last year was fluke he put up a ton of touchdowns and the Jags want to run the ball and win some games now. I think Eli manning and Stafford are Better value picks
That's a good point. The Rams D-Line is crazy and maybe I should have went with them. I think Rex Ryan will be able to get his mojo back and coach a decent defense this year. Brady missing the Pats fist meeting agains the Bills is an added bonus for me. With that being said, I'm not going to hesitate to drop the Bills D and stream a defense this year if they are not a Top 10 D.
+Fantasy Couch Yeah man true, Bills D seems injury prone atm which is why I've stayed away so far but can't overlook Donald and Ogletree this season. Streaming is always a good thing until you get a good D then just ride it.
I'm here to help - always! This is actually not an easy one or the other question. The safe choice who is more suited for PPR leagues is Charles Sims. Forsett has more upside (but more risk) and better suited for non-PPR when you compare the two RBs. Hope that helped bud. Make sure to like/subscribe and check out the new videos. Thx!
Yes, but in my opinion, no app is perfect. My suggestion is that if you are in an ESPN league, for example, make sure you get the ESPN fantasy app and regular ESPN app and turn on notifications. Also, I recommend downloading the rotoworld app. RotoWorld is the best site for fantasy player news. You can customize which players to follow, so it's really cool. Most sites get their news from rotoworld or rotowire anyway. Then 3rd, I'd make sure to download my app. The Fantasy Couch app is available on both the App Store and Google Play.
+Fantasy Couch thanks for the reply! I'll definitely be downloading those apps. I did a quick 10 man mock draft, how did I do? Our official draft is next Sunday. Blake Bortles Adrian Peterson Jeremy Hill Dez Bryant Mike Evans T.Y. Hilton Greg Olsen Kansas City Chiefs Mason Crosby Frank Gore Larry Fitzgerald Danny Woodhead Tom Brady Vincent Jackson Tevin Coleman
Saddario You did well. Went a little WR-heavy though if you're aiming to be in a standard (non-ppr) league. Please watch this video before doing ANY more mock drafts: th-cam.com/video/bZw1iyxcyXU/w-d-xo.html
+Fantasy Couch sorry this is my first time joining a fantasy league. We have 10 people and it is a ppr league. It's also my first time actually trying to follow specific players. I've been using top 200 cheat sheets to maybe give me an edge (at least for the draft). Thanks so much for your help btw!
I have no problem sharing what links I used. I would greatly appreciate it if you hit the like button and subscribed to the channel though, thank you! 2016 Fantasy Football Rankings: www.fantasycouch.com/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/ Injury Risk Predictions: sportsinjurypredictor.com/ The fastest way to bring up recent player news: Copy+paste 'rotoworld' right after the player's name on Google Strength of Schedule: fftoolbox.scout.com/football/strength_of_schedule.cfm
Ross Watson That's why I drafted 3 solid QBs and I also recently picked up Kaepernick off waivers. I will likely drop him in a few weeks if he is not the starter.
Really? People are taking him in the 8th round now... You think there better RBs available at pick No. 143? Worst case scenario, I can trade him right now for 7-9th round value... I already have trade interest in him in this league.
If the real league is on ESPN, then you definitely want to mock draft on ESPN the most. You can do some mock drafts on Yahoo to try it out, but you want simulate the real draft as much as possible when you mock. Also try the Mock Draft Simulator to save time. You can mock 20 times faster: draftwizard.fantasypros.com/football/mock-draft-simulator/?partner=FC
I definitely get that Julio could be No.2 overall, but I have my reasons. I have ODB ahead of Julio in my rankings because Odell has played only 2 years (27 NFL games) and I believe he still can improve. Julio has played 5 seasons and I think we've seen the best of him the past 2 seasons. Also, Odell Beckham averages nearly 1 TD per game (0.926 TD/gm) while Julio only averages 0.52 TDs per game. I also believe ODB has more big-play ability and in this league we are awarded 1 fpt for a 40+ rec. TD and 2 fpts for a 50+ rec TD. So it's close, but I got ODB > Julio in all formats. You can check out my 2016 rankings here if you'd like: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/
+Fantasy Couch i certainly get that. But in a PPR the targets are so important. Julio had 203 last year compared to ODBs 158. Atlanta still really only has Julio, while the Giants brought in another high draft pick. Odb is close to Julio, and ahead of him in standard, but for ppr those targets are gonna be important.
YungFam HO Good point. Targets and receptions are a big deal. That's going to get you consistent, good production. I still like ODB more. I think he will have more big plays and more big games than Julio.
I liked Gore more as a 7th or 8th round pick and not a 6th round pick. I drafted Gore late in the 8th round in the Fantasy Couch 12-man draft. You can watch the video here: th-cam.com/video/jnlmFn8eWBw/w-d-xo.html
Fantasy Couch I want to know somebody offered me diggs for Jamal Charles straight up that would put my rb at Charles and Ryan Matthews and Adrian foster do I trade Matthews and foster for a better rb or put Matthews at rb2 and foster at flex I am in a 16 man league
I would definitely trade away Diggs to receive Jamaal Charles. I hope I understood the question correctly. I like Jamaal WAY more than Diggs! After you make that trade, then we can figure out your Week 7 lineup and what to do moving forward.
You can't predict injuries, but you can project the chance a player gets injured. A kicker has a less chance of getting injured than a QB, a QB has less of a chance than getting injured than a WR, a WR has less of a chance than getting injured than an RB. That is just one factor: a player's position. Other factors, such as previous injuries, usage and age factor in. You can not possibly tell me that you wouldn't be more concerned with Darren McFadden or Mike Vick getting injured in their prime than Brett Favre in his prime when he was on the Packers. You are not more concerned than Julius Thomas/ASJ/Eifert getting injured than a tight end like Greg Olsen. Now, I do agree with you to some extent... it depends how much weight you want to put into a player getting injured, just like all other factors. But accessing how injury-prone a player is is real. Just like accessing how tough their schedule for the upcoming year.
So with your first three picks, you could have had OBJ, Keenan, Allen and Mike Evans, If you don't like them Brandon Marshall. I am not on the 0 RB strategy, but WR wise no one would want to see you.
Me personally, Cj anderson in the 4th and Ryan Matthews or Latavius in the 5th would be perfect. Granted, I am high on Cj and Matthews this season. But OBJ, Keenan, Evans, CJ and Ryan looks good.
Twenty-1 I get you. Appreciate the comment and appreciate you watching the video. More videos on the way. Make sure to smash that like button and subscribe. Thx!
He says "this guy has to take a QB, or they'll all be gone". He's drafting one spot behind the guy and doesn't take a QB with either pick. Again, it's the definition of irony this guy calls himself "the brain".
Yes, agreed. He is an RB with the highest floor... Basically a young Adrian Peterson... What AP is to the Vikings is basically what Gurley is to the Rams... He is the offense... He is the workhorse.
I know it's early, but I recorded this video to provide fans with early fantasy football content. Over 120,000 people on Instagram alone follow this league, and they like to see drafts from people they consider experts in July as opposed to August... If we did this draft early September, the video would be expired before I even got a chance to upload it.
Cheat? You mean cheat sheet? I use my own cheat sheet. Here are ALL the links to resources I used in this video: Top300 List: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/08/top-300-fantasy-football-2016-list/ 2016 Rankings: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/ ADP: fantasyfootballcalculator.com/adp.php For player news: Google the players name followed by 'rotoworld' SportsInjuryPredictor: sportsinjurypredictor.com/ Fantasy Strength of Schedule by position: fftoolbox.scout.com/football/strength_of_schedule.cfm
Our 2017 IG Experts League draft: th-cam.com/video/sLfTFNySlDI/w-d-xo.html
Who's watching after the season started just cringing at these picks
Me. LOL Who would draft Romo. Me LOL, I did
haha injuries all over this last week and idk about lacy
josh sexton Lacy is going to ball out Week 3 just watch
+Fantasy Couch who's winning/hows ur team doing now/trades
Any chance you could make an update vid like that please?
Jacob Starr I don't trade. I am 1-1 in this league and 1-1 in the Couch league: th-cam.com/video/jnlmFn8eWBw/w-d-xo.html
Hey man this is my first ever draft, I know football pretty well so I decided to try this out. I was in a 10 man snake draft. I had 5th pick. Here's my team
QB- Russel Wilson, Eli Manning, Marcus Mariota
RB- Doug Martin, Arian Foster, Giovanni Bernard
WR- Dez Bryant, Kelvin Benjamin, Julian Edelman
TE- Antonio Gates, Julius Thomas, Jimmy Graham
Defense- Texans
Flex- Tavon Austin, Will Fuller
K- Graham Gano
If there are any positions I should change around please tell me, also if you could tell me how well do you think I did.
Welcome to fantasy football my friend! You did good but didn't quite approach the your league's roster settings with the correct strategy (assuming you only need to start 1 QB and 1 TE). You don't need 3 quarterbacks in regular leagues (I drafted 3 QBs in this league because we have to start 2 every week). You also do not need 3 tight ends as you will likely only start 1 per week. You're team would have been great if you added more depth to the RB and WR position instead of drafting too many quarterbacks and tight ends. Don't worry about who to start yet for Week 1 until later August/early September.
Looking at this draft after the season I am just wondering how bad he did.
He did terrible and finished 2nd to last place 11/12. By "he" I mean "me" lol :) BUT I did win first place in the official Couch League! th-cam.com/video/jnlmFn8eWBw/w-d-xo.html
Greetings,
This year I am in a keepers League and I was wondering if you can help me choose the top 5 players in my team to keep for upcoming seasons. I currently have
QB: C. Palmer
WR: Amari. Cooper, Martavis Bryant, Demaryius Thomas, Emmanuel Sanders, Kelvin Benjamin, Keenan Allen
RB: Todd Gurley, Shaun Draughn, T.J Yeldon, M.Ingram, LeVeon Bell
TE: Jordan Reed.
I was thinking: A.cooper, K. Benjamin, K.Allen, T. Gurley, and L. Bell ??
Thank You
Sure thing! Let me rank them for you:
1. Gurley
2. Cooper
3. LeVeon
4. K. Allen
5. J. Reed
6. Demaryius Thomas
7. Palmer
8. Kelvin Benjamin
I would only consider keeping Palmer if you don't think you can get a decent QB in the draft. Jordan Reed is a Top 2 TE if he can stay healthy, so if you keep him, make sure you draft another tight end... You can get a guy like Zach Miller late.
Do you do rate my teams? I'm happy with the way my team turned out but I'm sort of on the verge of if its playoff caliber. If you do, here is my team. Is a .5 ppr league.
Qb: Romo/rivers committee
Wr: Nelson, Evans, Baldwin, Landry, and hurns
Rb: Elliott, lacy, forte, Bernard, Lewis
Te: gronk
K: Boswell
D: New England
You bet! I greatly appreciate every view, every sub and every comment I get! I'd love to rate your team...
Rivers+Romo is a great QB committee to have. You're going to really need Jordy Nelson to be healthy, as he is the only elite WR you have. Evans can be a WR1 and so can Jarvis, but they are more WR2s imo... Still good depth at WR. Great RB core with Lewis being your RB4 or RB3. Gronk is in a class of his own at TE (Reed is extremely injury prone). I think the Pats defense will regress just a little this year from last year, but not a big deal...
Honestly, you're team is so stacked that this seems like an 8-man league. If it's an 8-man league, I'd give you an A- or maybe B+... If this is a 10-man league I give you an A+, if it's a 12-man league, I'd say that it's not even a competitive league and people have no idea what they're doing.
+Fantasy Couch Thank you for responding! I forgot to say, it is an 8 man league. I feel a bit better about my team now. I was just wondering, considering most other teams in the league are stacked as well.
GamePlayWin Yeah, in an 8-man league, I might actually go B+, because you're team is good, but it's about having the Top 1 or Top 2 player at his position. You did good with Gronk. If you can get Nelson and another WR to play at an elite level, you'll be good.
+Fantasy Couch yeah. I sort of had to go with a different approach this year, having the seventh pick, so I tried to style my team around not having the best players out there, but enough strength in numbers to where I can be prepared for whatever happens. If I can get my high upside players to perform, I think I'll be in good shape.
GamePlayWin And I agree, you did good.
Hey! What do you think about my team in a 12 team ppr league?
QB- Eli Manning
WR-A.J. green
WR-T.Y. hilton
RB-Latavious Murray
RB-Frank Gore
TE-Gronkowski
FLEX-Donte Moncrief
K- Sreven Hauschka
D- vikings
BN-tavon austin
BN-Marvon jones jr
BN-Charles Sims
BN-Deandre Washington
BN-Reshad Jennings
BN-Spencer Ware
BN-will Fuller
picked 10th round btw
Thanks!
I like your kicker! I assume you got Rashad Jennings & Ware as late-round, great-value picks. Good job with that. Grade: B+ ...Seems like the Gronk pick may have caused you to miss out on some good RB & WR starters. But still a good team. If Eli can finish Top7 or Top8 QB and Gronk TE1, then you got a real shot at the championship buddy!
Thanks, one more thing. I recently acquired christine Michael after someone dropped him in FA, and dropped Deandre. I was wondering who you liked more for my RB2 for week 1. S. Ware, Frank Gore, R. Jennings or C. Michael. Im leaning more towards Spencer Ware against SanDiego. What do you think?
I__BLAZE__I WOT Yes, I agree. Ware is definitely the guy, especially if Charles is out.
First time playing fantasy football. 10 player snake draft standard league. How's my team ? QB: A.Luck RB: L.McCoy RB: D. Lewis WR: A.Brown WR: B.Cooks TE: A.Gates FLX: J.Brown FLX: C.Hogan D/ST: Panthers K: G.Gano BE: D.Woodhead T.Lockett P.Rivers D.Sproles D.Booker M.Wallace
Awww... You're team is incredible A+ except for Dion Lewis :( Recently news broke out that he would miss around 8 weeks. Go drop Sproles or another player and pickup James White if he's available. Also, sit Chris Hogan and start Woodhead for now.
+Fantasy Couch thank you so much!!!! Yeah I just read that about Lewis☹️ I greatly appreciate your feedback! It helps a lot! Thanks again!
Anytime! And good luck this season!
+Fantasy Couch thank you! Ps. Great TH-cam channel!
Liked the video. Good to see different scenarios and what you have up while you draft. Thanks for the video.
You're welcome! I really appreciate you commenting and letting me know what you think. Please make sure to hit that like button and subscribe to the TH-cam channel - I'll be coming out with plenty more videos real soon!
LMFAO best part was when the dude grabbed Bortles. Literally lold!!!
Real reaction. Real video. This is real life. lol. Thanks for watching! Boooooooooortles!
Ya, almost as good as Steve Young.
Arian Foster with the 2nd to last pick in the 12th round! Yeah buddy!
I’m going miss this 😢
Your channel is like the league x10
Thank you! That means a lot to me! Make sure your like and subscribe for more awesomeness!
watching this day after foster was signed subscribed strictly off of that pick I'm extremely impressed
Thank you Ryan, you watching the videos and subscribing means a lot to me! I won't let you down! More videos on the way!
+Fantasy Couch absolutely keep up the great work your channel will explode quite soon
i ended up with wilson, brady, antonio brown, lacy, watkins, kelce, carlos hyde, and golden tate, seahawks defense, and mcmanus on kicker. thoughts? was considering trading a qb for a better rb not sure
You have a great team. Is this an 8-man league? Must be for free because nobody else knows how to draft in this league but you! Grade: A!
haha well i had a great teacher, i went with the pick up a top qb early strategy and picked everyone else up that i could. what do you recommend i do with brady? btw it's a standard league with 10 people
Roberto Cruz Just keep him unless a Brady/Patriots fan gives you a great deal for him. Appreciate the comment bud. I assume you already subscribed to the channel and liked the video? I came out with a couple new videos this past week - people are loving them!
Hey Fantasy Couch I had just watched your draft. It may be a coincidence but before I watched this video I had done my draft yesterday and I had drafted OBJ 1st, Lacy 2nd, and Rivers. My only question is what do you think is the best draft number to have when you are about to draft in snake.
Great minds think alike! I like Rivers this year, not only because of his weapons (Keenan Allen, Antonio Gates, etc.), but mainly because he is being drafted so late and has great draft value. My honest answer is that the position you are drafting is the best position. You have to be confident, prepared and willing to adjust strategy and make decisions based on the flow of the draft. I would prefer to draft No. 1 overall in order to get Antonio Brown, but other than that, it doesn't really matter. In some drafts you are able to get Antonio Brown No. 2 or No. 3 overall, but that is rare.
Thanks Fantasy Couch keep up with the great vids.
Jack Arenberg YW! I appreciate you watching and commenting! See you on the next vid!
Man i like that injury probability thing you check out on every player... U mind sharing all your links you use? Or you just use Rotoworld?
Sure thing, I don't mind sharing with my viewers! All I ask is that you please hit the like button and subscribe! Thx!
Sometimes it's difficult to choose between 2-3 players when you're drafting or when you're creating your rankings beforehand... That's why I take injury risk into consideration when it's a close call between RBs, WRs and TEs (and rarely QBs). Here are all my links an resources that I used:
2016 Fantasy Football Rankings:
www.fantasycouch.com/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/
Injury Risk Predictions:
sportsinjurypredictor.com/
The fastest way to bring up recent player news:
Copy+paste 'rotoworld' right after the player's name on Google
Strength of Schedule:
fftoolbox.scout.com/football/strength_of_schedule.cfm?type=l
I loved the live draft aspect BTW so much fun to watch and helps a lot with preparation for the season
Thank you. This was for the Instagram Experts league, but we also film our annual Fantasy Couch draft party where it's an offline (in-person) draft. I will upload our 2016 video August 23, so be on the look out for that. We have the best draft party in the world. Here is a look at our 2015 draft: th-cam.com/video/_p2R53Ob4wM/w-d-xo.html
I did see last years draft and it was sweet and I will be on the look out for the draft again this year
Josh Berg Thanks man. I really appreciate you tuning in all this time. I plan on releasing a new video every Tuesday starting tomorrow, so stay tuned! Here we go!
Definitely interested in watching a few more of these when the season draws a little closer
For sure. I'll be coming out with many more videos before the start of the regular season and plenty after!
can you give me some advice on my mock draft team, it was a standard 10 man. My team was: Newton, martin, d. Johnson, edelman, decker, walker, kelce, bernard, crabtree, shepard, coleman, panthers d, gostkowski, winston, hauschka, ravens d.
Great team. Great draft. I wouldn't drat two really good tight ends like that (Walker and Kelce). Because mock drafts take a long time and are not that competitive, I came up with 4 methods to do better mock drafts in this video: th-cam.com/video/bZw1iyxcyXU/w-d-xo.html
+Fantasy Couch thanks! I'll check it out
David Johnson, Le'Veon Bell, or Ezekiel Elliot in a 12-team half-PPR league? I have the 8th spot in the draft this year and am trying to go RB heavy this time around. I went WR heavy the last two years & didn't work out. I won the league three years ago when I went RB heavy lol. Thanks!
David Johnson
Fantasy Couch my team is
Cam Newton Tom Brady Carson Wentz
Brandon Marshall Doug Baldwin Doug Martin Matt Forte Brandon Marshall Matt Jones Eagles Defense McManus and Desean Jackson can u plz rate my team 1 to 10 +fantasycouch
Joe Paige Grade: B. Would be an easy A, but I think you did not need to draft so many QBs (I assume you can only start 1)... In this video I recorded, we have to start 2 QBs every week, so you absolutely have to draft 3 QBs in this extreme league. Most leagues, you only can start up to one QB each week.
Can you rate my draft please? 10 player snake draft, standard league(I had 7th pick)
QB - bortles
RB - McCoy
RB - dion Lewis
WR - Hopkins
WR - Mike Evans
TE - Delanie Walker
Flex - Keenan Allen
Kicker - gotstowski
Defense - Texans
BENCH - Tyrod Taylor, Daren Sproles , Ware, Davonte Parker, golden Tate, Kevin White
Sure thing! And thanks for telling me standard/ppr and how many teams!!! I like your team a lot, I feel like it could have been better at the RB spot--maybe a high-risk RB flier on your bench or something... Sproles and Ware have very limited upside imo... except if you're able to trade Ware to Jamaal Charles' owner. GRADE: A-
+Fantasy Couch thanks man
Nick Valinho You're welcome and good luck this year. Make sure to smash that like button and subscribe for more vids!
+Fantasy Couch just did
+Fantasy Couch I'm a little concerned about Lewis against Arizona and Keenan Allen against KC, should I start golden Tate instead?
Hi fantasycoach, i'm from Chile and i want to start a fantasy team and i get espn fantasy app. So i assist in a draft and everyone go out, everyone put automatic pick, so my question is where i can get a serious and competitive league? Thx man, good video i subscribe :)
you help me alot last year me and my GF started playing fantasy for the first time and it was alot of fun. Im still new tho so i would like helpful tips to understand a few things
Thank you so much! I really appreciate you watching my videos and leaving positive comments like this one... It really means a lot to me... More awesome videos coming soon!
Hey, do you think i should start dion lewis or jermey maclin at the flex
Put Maclin in the FLEX spot for now. But honestly, you are the first start 'em sit 'em question I got this year and we have over a month to decide who to start for Week 1. Keep tabs on Lewis' injury and definitely have Maclin in there for now, unless something changes down the road in preseason.
+Fantasy Couch thanks bro
XxepicmanXX Anytime! Make sure to subscribe to the TH-cam channel if you haven't already and we'll probably be chatting down the line I'm sure! Here comes football season!!!
dion all day
bkush13 Dion Lewis is a PPR beast... It's just a bit early to know the status of his injury.
Great job on this video!!! This format is the future!
Ur weren’t wrong
When are you going to post more videos? I'm ready to hear what you got! Love your videos tho
Thank you for the comment. I will be coming out with several new videos real real soon so be on the lookout! Sorry I haven't posted in so long--I've been extremely busy. We launched our own 100-man fantasy football contest, a mobile app for Apple AppStore & GooglePlay, a new website with membership, I launched my new podcast fantasy football podcast, and I'm working on some more new stuff. They also want me speaking at conferences and hopping on radio shows & podcasts. But I'll be back soon! Thank you for you support and patience! You can check out all that new stuff on our website: www.fantasycouch.com/
+Fantasy Couch alright keep up the good work and can't wait for the videos 👍🏿
Watching in 2023 LFG couch!!
the video that started it all
Thank you for posting this, gives me an idea how I should draft for this year esp with an early pick, would u suggest draft in Brady because of his rank cause the possible suspension and draft a backup to play the first 4 weeks?
Every draft is different. This draft requires you to start 2 QBs (and recommends you draft 3 QBs so you have 1 backup), so quarterbacks go very early in this draft, therefore making Brady more valuable. Most leagues only require you to start 1 QB, so you can choose to wait a long time for a quarterback. Brady has a tough schedule this year and there are a ton of other good QBs. I typically wait for a QB in standard leagues. If you really want to draft Brady, I would wait until approximately Round 8 in a 12-man draft and approximately Round 7 in a 10-man draft to select him. With the first overall pick, I recommend drafting Antonio Brown. In this league, wide receivers and quarterbacks are very important because of the league settings.
+Fantasy Couch I've played in a league like this last year and yah owing a WR let alone the best one in the game is huge down the stretch, he's the top player in PPR and standard, and with Brady, I usually go with him after I select my starting WRs and RBs, then selecting a TE like Olsen, Eifert or Kelce, judging whose up.
ThePS4Gamer313 Sounds like a solid plan. If you're planning on taking Brady I'd recommend 2 things: always have a backup QB plan, and also look at other QBs schedules for Week 1-4 and also Week 9 (Patriots Bye Week).
+Fantasy Couch I have Derek Carr as my plan now ( he's ranked outside the top 100 for NFL.com ) he plays from weeks 1-4 the saints/Falcons/Titans/Ravens. Also considering Blake Bortles, who would u go?
Carr is a very very smart choice. I love it. I would prefer Bortles over Carr if I had a choice, but in reality, Carr goes much later in drafts and he will be a much smarter and a great value pick for your Brady-lead squad!
My strategy going in was to draft a Top 8 QB like Wilson, Cam or even Bortles; then later in the draft take a flyer on my QB3 on a guy like Paxton Lynch or Ryant Fitzmagic... After I couldn't get Bortles, I changed my strategy on the fly and decided to draft 3 QBs close together who were all low QB1s/high QB2s... I had Tyrod Taylor as the last QB in that tier of QBs... I knew that other I drafted T-Mobile, the QBs would be gone the next time I blinked.
What was the website with the player injury percentage?
I got you. If you could please hit that like button and subscribe to the TH-cam channel that would be much appreciated. The site is SportsInjuryPrediction sportsinjurypredictor.com/
Hey, I just drafted a team and this is how it is with the 8th pick in a 10 team league:
QB-Roethlisberger
RB-David Johnson
RB-Thomas Rawls
WR- Deandre Hopkins
WR- Keenan Allen
TE- Greg Olsen
W/R- Julian Edelman
K- Stephen Gostkowski
DEF- Vikings
-Bench-
Kirk Cousins
Dion Lewis
Deangelo Williams
Josh Gordon
Jimmy Graham.
Do you think this is good?
Great RB and WR depth. Not a huge fan of Roethlisberger and Rawls. Grade: B
+Fantasy Couch should I try to trade Big Ben for another QB? I was iffy on Rawls but there was really no one up there, so I took him and if he isn't good to go, I have DWill for the first 4 weeks starting, Michael and even Dion Lewis on bench for Rawls if he is hurt, any trade ideas or targets I could go after?
is this a good draft Derek Carr Giovani Bernard le'veon bell Julio Jones Amari cooper Travis kelce Danny wood head Sebastian janikowski raiders D Blake bottles Andy Dalton stefon diggs Sammy Watkins Richard Rodgers clive Walford should I take Ryan Fitzgerald off waivers thank you for feedback
That's a good team--good job. But why do you have so many quarterbacks and tight ends? Also, your team would be much better if you drafted DeAngelo Williams to compliment Le'Veon Bell.
+Fantasy Couch this is my first draft do should I have only two TE and the QB 2 only and should I have more RBs , D's ,WR
+Fantasy Couch and I was at the the 7th pick
I do not know how your league is setup, but most leagues require you to start: 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1FLEX, 1TE, 1D, 1K...
If that's the case, then yes, you have too many TEs. You should only have 1 kicker and only have 1 defense since they are the least important positions and also the most inconsistent positions (most difficult to predict). If you are only starting 1 quarterback, you should only draft 2 QBs (some only draft one). If you only need to start 1 TE, you should only draft 2 TEs at most... In this video, for example, I only drafted 1 tight end... In this video, it is a special league where you have to start 2 quarterbacks every week, and that is why I drafted 3 QBs. I highly suggest you watch this video if it is your first time:
How to play fantasy football (for beginners): th-cam.com/video/JJmnJm_uFvk/w-d-xo.html
+Fantasy Couch thank you I'm going to watch the video
Amazing video! More of these please
Thank you! I'll keep that in mind when making future videos for sure!
Hey man I do have a question about one of my Minnesota Vikings, realistically number wise what do you expect from Laquon treadwell in his rookie season and where do you believe he should be drafted.
Hope you respond
In a 12-man league, I would try to wait until Round 9, but Round 10 would be even better. Don't draft him any sooner than Round 8 (12-man), even if you're really high on him. There's a ton of WRs in this draft.
+Fantasy Couch that is about where I thought to. Thanks for the advice.
Josh Berg The talent is there. He is a great rookie WR, but AP is the offense there, he is a rookie, and Bridgewater may spread the ball a little bit like Drew Brees does--but with far fewer pass attempts of course :)
You can check out my 2016 rankings if you'd like. I update them daily: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/
+Fantasy Couch Thanks. I do look at your rankings whenever I get ready for my drafts thanks for the help. Can't wait to kill it this year.
Josh Berg Yeaaaahhhh buddy!
Where do you think Josh Gordon should be drafted?
Short answer: Round 7 in a 12-man league. I wrote an article exactly about this questions and also about Brady & Le'Veon Bell. You can read it here: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/fantasy-football-value-suspended-players/
I got a squad of
Rivers
Johnson
Freeman
Jeffery
Cooper
Barnridge
Decker
Chiefs D
Mason Crosby
Thoughts ??
Rivers = trash
Jeffrey = trash wr1 with cutler throwing to him
I'm deciding between Julius Thomas and Jason Witten as my back up Tight End. My starting TE is Jordan Reed and he is injury prone. Think you can help again?
Julius Thomas for sure. He is injury prone too but don't worry, you can drop him and pickup another TE anytime like Vance McDonald.
do you think will do good with him healthy and dez and every other line healthy and wr and te
and this was perfect timing cuz i was just invited to one
im watching this... and im thinking omg... every single pick he made was a bust 😩
You seen this year's draft?
Nice pick with Lacy, people are sleeping on him because of a terrible year for my Packer's offense but he'll be back better this year
Thank you. I'm actually pretty confident in his skills & determination and that he'll play much better than last year... My concern is with the Packers offense... If the Pack can be that potent offense like the were in 2014 and years past, then believe Lacy will get 14+ TDs this year, breaking his career-best of 13 TDs back in 2014.
It's Coming!
It definitely smells like Fantasy Football!
Love how you picked all the injuries
Keenan Allen: "If he could stay healthy"
Tony Romo
Doug Martin
Gronk: "Nice! Good luck bud. Hope Gronk stays healthy for ya all year"
I love it
I drafted Tony Romo and Doug Martin. I did not draft Keenan Allen nor Gronk lol. I think you are looking at the player queue or someone else's team. Here are the written draft results: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-draft-ig-experts-league/
In another comment, you said ^^^ about gronk so I included him.
Also around 10 minutes, you stated something about hoping keenan allen doesn't get injured lol.
Doesn't even matter, keep on making these quality videos
What were u thinking on drafting in July?
I was invited to the Instagram Experts league for the 2nd year in a row. I said I don't want to draft this early and dual-QB might be a bit too much for a 12-man, but I'm not the commish. I didn't make the rules nor the draft date, but drafting this early makes for better content for the fans and viewers; it gives you guys something to look at and see a real high-stakes draft (not a fake mock draft like most videos) before you guys actually draft. So one of the main reasons I made this video and agreed to draft so early was for my TH-cam subscribers!
Can you name your top 5 fantasy RBs
Sure. As of right now (LeVeon Bell is worth a mention as long as you draft DeAngelo Williams too):
Todd Gurley
Adrian Peterson
Ezekiel Elliott
David Johnson
Jamaal Charles
You can check out my complete 2016 Rankings (updated daily) here: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/
What's a good fantasy app for IOS? I don't want to get too serious in fantasy football since I'm new, so it has to be free
Sure. To play fantasy football, I recommend the ESPN Fantasy Football app. Yahoo has a pretty good one as well. I need to update it badly, but we also have a Fantasy Couch app available on Google Play & Apple App Store, so make sure to check that out as well. All these apps I mentioned are free.
4th/5th round if i have back to back is brees and brady.
In a Dual-QB league... not bad at all
hey! we finally had a draft yesterday! 12man league! please take a look at my pick and tell me how i did!! i was the 11th pick. WR DeAndre Hopkins
RB Devonta Freeman
RB Le'Veon Bell
WR Sammy Watkins
QB Ben Roethlisberger
WR Tyler Lockett
RB Frank Gore
TE Antonio Gates
QB Tyrod Taylor
RB Derrick Henry
WR Corey Coleman
RB Jay Ajayi
wr braxton miller
DST Cincinnati Bengals
K Matt Prater
WR Sammie Coatesnobody was taking le'veon bell through 3rd round so i had no choice but to pick him up. although he has that 3 game suspension i think it was a good pick. anyway, how did i do????
Nice! You did great! How did you get Hopkins, Bell, Watkins AND Freeman? Wow! Yeah, I would take LeVeon Bell late in the first, or ideally in the Round2. Is DeAngelo Williams available on waivers? Only thing is I would have drafted DeAngelo too (LeVeon Bell's backup). I give you a GRADE: A-
+Fantasy Couch deangelo isnt available which sucks..cuz i never thought about drafting bells backup. maybe thats something that i need to learn throughout the season. ive really wanted elliot for my rb but he was too popular=( what would have given me a grade a? drafting bells backup?
+Fantasy Couch nobody was taking watkins cuz his injury risk was like 90%and bell due to suspension. but i couldnt pass them later than round4 so i just had no choice to pick them up!hope its worth the risk
John Park Definitely! You did good!
Watkins is so underrated it's just his injuries that scare others
I agree! You know I wanted him so badly but he didn't fall enough! Sammy is a WR1 when healthy!
In a 10 man, standard league, with 1 QB, 3 WR, 2 RB, 1 TE, defense, and a kicker, should I do the go for WR first round strategy then RB, then go back and forth with that? What would recommend for strategy?
I am going to make a video about this. Every draft is different. Pick the best available player in the first round, wether that be an RB or a WR. Here are my Top 10 rankings: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/
Great #3 overall pick Le'von Bell
Sarcasm? If you look at the published date of the video, this was before word of his 4-game suspension. I have LeVeon ranked No. 12 now on my overall rankings and used to be ranked No. 4 overall before the suspension. I wrote about Gordon, Brady and Bell in a recent article here: www.fantasycouch.com/fantasy-football-value-suspended-players/
+Fantasy Couch +Fantasy Couch I saw the date compared to today. I was trying to make a joke... All seriousness, your video shows importance of looking at other teams draft and projection his or her picks... You did make a mistake IMO if your intention was to double up Bortles-Hurns.. FantasyFrames was never going to draft Hurns in his spots sandwich between your 6-7 picks, so you should have taken Bortles first.
thunder5126 Yes, I made "a mistake" but I am happy with how it turned out after the draft. I am just hard on myself during the draft and it was in the moment. I know that there was less than a 5% chance he would draft Hurns, or anybody that early for that matter - I was aware that Hurns was underrated and hated by the public & also got a sense of that in my league. I straight-up reached for Hurns and I would do it again because I felt he was the last WR in that tier of wide receivers. When you know you might have to draft a WR (and I put a lot of value in PPR leagues in WRs) in the next tier down, you reach for that guy.
OK. Good you were sarcastic :)
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I'm so confused why you would take Eddie Lacy and Doug Martin over Thomas Rawls
I know! The "workhorse" RB for the Seahawks would be a sure stud on any fantasy squad... but what if there is no Seahawk RB workhorse? What if Rawls has injury issues still? And they drafted a good pass-catching RB in CJ Prosise. The point is, is that it's too early for a fantasy draft and we don't have enough information yet about the Seahawks and Rawls.
+Fantasy Couch yea that's true it all comes down to the fact that this was way to early of a draft but I think under the circumstances you drafted a great team.
PracticallyKorver Thank you. I definitely see my team as a playoff team... It is a little "bland" but very well balanced... I have good depth at QB, RB and WR... I made sure to grab Hurns & Taylor because they were the last names in that tier at their positions. I welcome all comments and appreciate you watching! I'd really appreciate it if you smashed that like button and subscribed!
What are the links you use for your draft? I'd like to use them and was wondering if you would share them! Great vid and thank you in advance if you choose to share.
Sure. Some of the resources I use are a bit more complicated and better explained in my free fantasy football drafting ebook which you can get here: bit.ly/ffebook
I'll do my best to explain here.
Sports Injury Predictor: sportsinjurypredictor.com/
Rankings: I use my own rankings, I am finalizing them and they will be on fantasycouch.com in a couple days
Rotoworld: Google the player's name followed by the word rotoworld: "[Player Name] rotoworld"
Strength of Schedule: Google: "Strength of Schedule" for NFL teams, Google: "Strength of Schedule Fantasy Football" for fantasy football positions or here's a link to the site I was using in the video: fftoolbox.scout.com/football/strength_of_schedule.cfm
Team Schedule: Google the team name followed by schedule just to see the team's schedule
I like to have the word "rotoworld" copied to my clipboard and ready to paste in google to save time
I released my rankings recently.
2016 Player Rankings: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/
2016 Rookie Dynasty Rankings: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-rookie-dynasty-rankings/
Thanks!
***** No problem at all! Thank you for watching my videos and subscribing to the channel! More to come!
Watch the Couch League draft party video: th-cam.com/video/jnlmFn8eWBw/w-d-xo.html
Could you link all of the sources and websites you used to help you? Thanks!
Sure thing! If you can hit that like button and subscribe to the channel, that would be much appreciated! Thanks!
2016 Fantasy Football Rankings:
www.fantasycouch.com/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/
Injury Risk Predictions:
sportsinjurypredictor.com/
The fastest way to bring up recent player news:
Copy+paste 'rotoworld' right after the player's name on Google
Strength of Schedule:
fftoolbox.scout.com/football/strength_of_schedule.cfm
Pick 2 of 3: PPR: David Johnson Gronk AJ
Keeper league? 1)Gronk 2)David Johnson
+Fantasy Couch It is keeper and thanks for the reply. Great video!
Raiders419 You're welcome! More great videos to come so make sure to subscribe if you haven't already! We just published our Rookie Keeper rankings: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-rookie-dynasty-rankings/
is this a good team
Qb: Russell Wilson
Rb: Jonathan Stewart
Rb: Doug Martin
Wr: Larry Fitzgerald
Wr: Antonio Brown
Te: Greg Olsen
W/R: Willie Snead
Bn: Tyrod Taylor
Bn: Giovani Bernard
Bn: LeGarrette Blount
Bn: Kamar Aiken
Bn: Dwayne Allen
K: Stephen Gostkowski
Bn: Chris Boswell
DEF: Carolina Panthers
Grade: B if 12-man. Grade C+ if 10-man. Not big on Stewart & Fitzgerald as starters. The combination of drafting Wilson & Olsen early may have hurt your RB+WR core a little. Still a solid team though. I like D.Allen as a great sleeper tight end.
I got dwayne Allen off the waiver wire
nfl.com actually ended up giving me a A-
Fantasy Couch i got russell in the third round
I am better and more personalized than NFL.com standard robot pre-programmed rating system. Too early imo for Russ Wilson. I stick with my opinion and grade.
nice video man! draft was too early but definitely picked up some good advice!👍
Thanks for watching! Make sure to subscribe if you haven't already! More videos coming soon!
Hey man, how did you find this league? do you know these guys? im looking for a way to find more leagues with good players outside of the few leagues im in with friends/family. If anybody needs people for a league, or has tips on how to find leagues to play in, help me out!
This is an Instagram Experts League. The top fantasy football experts who have successful Instagram accounts were invited. I'm not a random fantasy football participant--I've been giving expert advice and providing entertainment in this industry since 2008. I am hosting my own 100-man contest on my website, it's a little different than traditional leagues... It's sort of like DFS, but it's a season-long commitment. I will be playing every week on it btw. Just go to my website and click "Fantasy Football Contest" towards the top: www.fantasycouch.com/
i understand that these aren't random people, but id like to know how one gets more involved in these so called, "expert" leagues.in this case, it was an instagram followers ? credibility thing, but there has to be other ways. i also wasnt discrediting you in your experience in Fantasy Football and the entertainment business. So i guess my question is, how do i get my start on becoming a reputable fantasy football player, and how do i get more involved in leagues with other great players online
Understood. So, the IG Experts League was basically one guy sought out all the top expert Instagram accounts on their, FantasyCouch is one of those accounts. I decided to accept the invitation last year and this is my 2nd year playing with these guys. If you want to be known as an "expert", you have to be an entrepreneur... Start your own brand and work hard... I started with zero followers, zero people knowing about me wanting to create a fantasy sports brand... There's no secret--it's hard work.
Now this is super simple: if you want to find competitive leagues, just join money leagues. The higher the league/entry fee and the bigger the prize, the more competitive it will be. I am actually about to start promoting my own 100-man football tournament, you can check it out here. $95 to enter and it's weekly prizes: www.fantasycouch.com/fantasy-football-contest.php
Why would you pick Eddie lacy he's on IR now
This was an early draft we did for the Instagram Experts league back in July. Look at the date of the video or listen to the intro.
Keep up the good work brain!!!!
Thank you, I really appreciate you watching and leaving a comment!
+Fantasy Couch no problem bro you helped we win my 10 man and 269$ last year! You're the best
you didn't get Lesean? Karlos Williams is out for 4 games now and he's gonna get a bunch of touches, I think he's higher than eddy lacy
Actually, I should have gotten LeSean McCoy before Doug Martin. It was close between those two guys (Martin & McCoy), but this draft was one week ago, before the news about both Buffalo RBs.
hey just want to ask because im new to fantasy football after getting into a league and the draft what happens next just wondering
Welcome to FantasyFootball! After the draft, you want to keep up on NFL team trends and player news. You can drop players from your team and add players from Free Agency/Waivers. Every week you decide which players to bench and which players to start--you have until kickoff to make your final decision. It will be a weekly ritual, by Tuesday you decide which players to drop & add, and by Thursday or early Sunday morning, you decide who to start & sit. I highly suggest you watch this: th-cam.com/video/JJmnJm_uFvk/w-d-xo.html
Fantasy Couch ah ok thx
You got it bud! Make sure to subscribe as I'll be uploading more helpful videos so you can crush it in fantasy football this year.
Fantasy Couch hey one question what if my player is on bye week should i put him on the bench
Yes. If you're player doesn't get stats on the field (yard & touchdowns), then you get zero fantasy points... that might be because they are injured, on Bye, suspended... whatever the case may be, if they are not playing, you bench them.
where did you pull the analysis from on injury risks? I noticed there was some kind of web page you were looking at for that.
Sports Injury Predictor sportsinjurypredictor.com/
do you know how to get rid of an espn fantasy team on espn
Click Leave League. I also believe you can take it out of your favorites so you don't see it as prominently. games.espn.com/fba/resources/help/faq?name=how-can-i-leave-a-league-that-i-have-joined
The reach for Bortles is dumb. If your so high on OBJ idk why you wouldnt snatch up Eli... Just weird.
I don't think it was dumb. I wanted Bortles, but he was drafted one pick ahead of me. I think it was a good pick, especially for a dual-QB league where quarterbacks get 5 fpts per passing TD. Also, my rankings and all the other rankings I've looked at have Bortles ranked much higher than how ESPN had him ranked in this draft lobby. If you want, you can find my rankings here: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/
good handcuff in starks...
Yup. Thanks!
+fantasycouch thank you for rating my team I am a huge fan of your videos I drafted 2 Qbs I was interested in trading Newton and maybe Brady in a few weeks so I picked Wentz up if I traded cam and Brady I would still have a good Qb I could maybe trade Newton for Odell even tho he is having a down year but I think he will come back to himself. And possibly Brady for David Johnson Leveon bell or maybe Zeke.
Yup, I love those trade ideas and would be nice to make even 1 of them happen. Thanks for the comment and watching my videos! Good luck this year and go get a win Week 6!
yo dawg if you had first pick what would you pick
Antonio to the Brown!
Fantasy Couch Tx draft tomorrow night
You're welcome! I recommend you subscribe to the TH-cam channel for more great videos including my weekly waiver videos. Also, this draft was done on July 10th. I have a much more entertaining and more recent draft video.
Go here to subscribe: bit.ly/couchsub
Go here to watch the New Draft Video: th-cam.com/video/jnlmFn8eWBw/w-d-xo.html
donski. subbed.
Why would you pick hurns before Bortles...
Because I figured I could get quarterbacks later in the draft, so I didn't want to reach (even slightly) for a QB. I felt like there would be a drop off of WRs after Hurns, even though I knew 95% he would still be available. Staying disciplined and not reaching for a QB worked out very well for me though. Teams in this league have to start QBs like Sanchez, Lynch, Gabbert, Wentz and Goff.. While I have 3 good QBs on my team: Rivers, Taylor, Romo
you wouldnt have been reaching for bortles at that spot and probably couldve gotten hurns on the snake.. oh well live and learn
Bortles + Taylor wouldd be a lot nicer than Rivers + Taaylor
Trill; we in this btch If you watched the rest, I was able to get Taylor at a much later pick.
I was at work finishing up when I was watching so I stopped after the bortles catastrophy lol... but Im watching some of it now.. Good for you getting Taylor and Romo would be a steal if he's healthy and playing well but Im just not high on rivers he could have a good season but I think its more likely his year of decline
Where can I send you some screenshots?
On Facebook: fb.com/groups/fantasycouch
On Instagram @fantasycouch instagram.com/fantasycouch/
On Twitter @fantasycouch twitter.com/fantasycouch
Any of those works^
Don't understand why everyone is high on Bortles. He is going to regress major. Eli manning Drew Bree's and Stafford are better options all 3 with throw the ball a ton and have terrible defenses.
I like Bortles. I have him ranked as QB8 right behind Palmer in my rankings. You can check out my 2016 rankings here: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/
+Fantasy Couch If u like him go for him I just think last year was fluke he put up a ton of touchdowns and the Jags want to run the ball and win some games now. I think Eli manning and Stafford are Better value picks
The algorithm is at it again
the algorithm doing something good for me? YAY! lol. 2016. cringe
By the way do more of these.
Thanks for the comment. This was the first video I did like this, but I definitely plan to do more like it.
I like your starting lineup a lot but that bench is looking pretty weak.
I am a jets fan
I respect that! A Jets fan watching one of my old videos... hey you should watch some of my newer videos!
Bills D over Rams D?
That's a good point. The Rams D-Line is crazy and maybe I should have went with them. I think Rex Ryan will be able to get his mojo back and coach a decent defense this year. Brady missing the Pats fist meeting agains the Bills is an added bonus for me. With that being said, I'm not going to hesitate to drop the Bills D and stream a defense this year if they are not a Top 10 D.
+Fantasy Couch Yeah man true, Bills D seems injury prone atm which is why I've stayed away so far but can't overlook Donald and Ogletree this season. Streaming is always a good thing until you get a good D then just ride it.
I also got brady in the 7th round so I had to take him
Yeah. Nice!
Fantasy Couch I needed a tight end in the 5th-6th-7th round so I got an awesome steal in Travis Kelce
Charles Sims or Justin Forsett in an eight man league? Can anyone help?
I'm here to help - always! This is actually not an easy one or the other question. The safe choice who is more suited for PPR leagues is Charles Sims. Forsett has more upside (but more risk) and better suited for non-PPR when you compare the two RBs. Hope that helped bud. Make sure to like/subscribe and check out the new videos. Thx!
Is there an app that will update me on player injuries throughout the season?
Yes, but in my opinion, no app is perfect. My suggestion is that if you are in an ESPN league, for example, make sure you get the ESPN fantasy app and regular ESPN app and turn on notifications.
Also, I recommend downloading the rotoworld app. RotoWorld is the best site for fantasy player news. You can customize which players to follow, so it's really cool. Most sites get their news from rotoworld or rotowire anyway.
Then 3rd, I'd make sure to download my app. The Fantasy Couch app is available on both the App Store and Google Play.
+Fantasy Couch thanks for the reply! I'll definitely be downloading those apps. I did a quick 10 man mock draft, how did I do? Our official draft is next Sunday.
Blake Bortles
Adrian Peterson
Jeremy Hill
Dez Bryant
Mike Evans
T.Y. Hilton
Greg Olsen
Kansas City Chiefs
Mason Crosby
Frank Gore
Larry Fitzgerald
Danny Woodhead
Tom Brady
Vincent Jackson
Tevin Coleman
Saddario You did well. Went a little WR-heavy though if you're aiming to be in a standard (non-ppr) league. Please watch this video before doing ANY more mock drafts: th-cam.com/video/bZw1iyxcyXU/w-d-xo.html
+Fantasy Couch sorry this is my first time joining a fantasy league. We have 10 people and it is a ppr league. It's also my first time actually trying to follow specific players. I've been using top 200 cheat sheets to maybe give me an edge (at least for the draft).
Thanks so much for your help btw!
Saddario No problem. You should have used my Top 300 list! www.fantasycouch.com/2016/08/top-300-fantasy-football-2016-list/
what the links u use
I have no problem sharing what links I used. I would greatly appreciate it if you hit the like button and subscribed to the channel though, thank you!
2016 Fantasy Football Rankings:
www.fantasycouch.com/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/
Injury Risk Predictions:
sportsinjurypredictor.com/
The fastest way to bring up recent player news:
Copy+paste 'rotoworld' right after the player's name on Google
Strength of Schedule:
fftoolbox.scout.com/football/strength_of_schedule.cfm
that wilson bandwagon was hilarious
lol here's the 2017 draft video th-cam.com/video/sLfTFNySlDI/w-d-xo.html
2 QB 12 man league is a little goofy
Yes it is lol. That's what I told them. But these guys are in so many leagues they decided to throw in a screwball to spice things up.
+Fantasy Couch Bye weeks must be hectic. Haha
Ross Watson That's why I drafted 3 solid QBs and I also recently picked up Kaepernick off waivers. I will likely drop him in a few weeks if he is not the starter.
Still don't like the Foster pick. don't think he's the main back. huge risk
Really? People are taking him in the 8th round now... You think there better RBs available at pick No. 143? Worst case scenario, I can trade him right now for 7-9th round value... I already have trade interest in him in this league.
+Fantasy Couch I'd trade him frankly. Ajayi is the starter in my mind
Not hating on you personally but people who call Odell "ODB" make me angry. It's OBJ. There's only one ODB and that's Ol Dirty Bastard
OBJ sounds so weird and clunky though.. ODB sounds soo much better.
Do you ever play fantasy football using yahoo
Yes, I mostly play on ESPN though. I will make a Yahoo and possibly NFL mock draft video as well in the near future so stay tuned!
Fantasy Couch I am gonna do a draft on yahoo for practice but I'll use ESPN for my main league. What is your opinion on this idea.
If the real league is on ESPN, then you definitely want to mock draft on ESPN the most. You can do some mock drafts on Yahoo to try it out, but you want simulate the real draft as much as possible when you mock. Also try the Mock Draft Simulator to save time. You can mock 20 times faster: draftwizard.fantasypros.com/football/mock-draft-simulator/?partner=FC
Fantasy Couch ok I'll do that instead
Yup! If you're real draft is on Yahoo, make sure to do some mocks on Yahoo. If it is going to be a 12-man league, do a lot of 12-man mock drafts, etc.
A year later ur so different
This is my very first online draft video lol. You seen the new draft video? th-cam.com/video/-55mObVub_w/w-d-xo.html
what s the website for the injury list?
SportsInjuryPredictor.com - Please make sure to like the video and subscribe! It would be much appreciated.
ODB over Julio in a ppr?
I definitely get that Julio could be No.2 overall, but I have my reasons. I have ODB ahead of Julio in my rankings because Odell has played only 2 years (27 NFL games) and I believe he still can improve. Julio has played 5 seasons and I think we've seen the best of him the past 2 seasons. Also, Odell Beckham averages nearly 1 TD per game (0.926 TD/gm) while Julio only averages 0.52 TDs per game. I also believe ODB has more big-play ability and in this league we are awarded 1 fpt for a 40+ rec. TD and 2 fpts for a 50+ rec TD. So it's close, but I got ODB > Julio in all formats.
You can check out my 2016 rankings here if you'd like: www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/
+Fantasy Couch i certainly get that. But in a PPR the targets are so important. Julio had 203 last year compared to ODBs 158. Atlanta still really only has Julio, while the Giants brought in another high draft pick. Odb is close to Julio, and ahead of him in standard, but for ppr those targets are gonna be important.
YungFam HO Good point. Targets and receptions are a big deal. That's going to get you consistent, good production. I still like ODB more. I think he will have more big plays and more big games than Julio.
Frank gore ain't garbage he's been one of the best the guy just drafted him a round or 2 early
I liked Gore more as a 7th or 8th round pick and not a 6th round pick. I drafted Gore late in the 8th round in the Fantasy Couch 12-man draft. You can watch the video here: th-cam.com/video/jnlmFn8eWBw/w-d-xo.html
Fantasy Couch I want to know somebody offered me diggs for Jamal Charles straight up that would put my rb at Charles and Ryan Matthews and Adrian foster do I trade Matthews and foster for a better rb or put Matthews at rb2 and foster at flex I am in a 16 man league
I would definitely trade away Diggs to receive Jamaal Charles. I hope I understood the question correctly. I like Jamaal WAY more than Diggs! After you make that trade, then we can figure out your Week 7 lineup and what to do moving forward.
What site do you use to assess injury risks?
SportsInjuryPredictor.com - I'd appreciate it if you liked the video and subscribed! It would be much appreciated!
ok sweet. thanks man!
No problem. So you subscribed already I take it?
You cant really predict injuries, if he gets injured he gets injured
You can't predict injuries, but you can project the chance a player gets injured. A kicker has a less chance of getting injured than a QB, a QB has less of a chance than getting injured than a WR, a WR has less of a chance than getting injured than an RB. That is just one factor: a player's position. Other factors, such as previous injuries, usage and age factor in. You can not possibly tell me that you wouldn't be more concerned with Darren McFadden or Mike Vick getting injured in their prime than Brett Favre in his prime when he was on the Packers. You are not more concerned than Julius Thomas/ASJ/Eifert getting injured than a tight end like Greg Olsen.
Now, I do agree with you to some extent... it depends how much weight you want to put into a player getting injured, just like all other factors. But accessing how injury-prone a player is is real. Just like accessing how tough their schedule for the upcoming year.
So with your first three picks, you could have had OBJ, Keenan, Allen and Mike Evans, If you don't like them Brandon Marshall. I am not on the 0 RB strategy, but WR wise no one would want to see you.
I appreciate the comment but keep going... Who would be my RBs? And do you think 3 Chargers on the same squad would be a good idea?
Me personally, Cj anderson in the 4th and Ryan Matthews or Latavius in the 5th would be perfect. Granted, I am high on Cj and Matthews this season. But OBJ, Keenan, Evans, CJ and Ryan looks good.
Sorry, No, 3 chargers is dangerous. Love Rivers and Keenan but having gates would be overly stressful when Gordon or woodhead punch one in.
Twenty-1 I get you. Appreciate the comment and appreciate you watching the video. More videos on the way. Make sure to smash that like button and subscribe. Thx!
Yeldon's going to share carries.
Yes he is, with the Ivory.
First off denver did get rid of half of their defense it was 2 guys
Is this a response to something that happened in the video or a comment someone left below?
He says "this guy has to take a QB, or they'll all be gone". He's drafting one spot behind the guy and doesn't take a QB with either pick. Again, it's the definition of irony this guy calls himself "the brain".
I had a really good trio until one of them got hurt
I didn't drop him because I thought he would play again later in the season but he didn't play
Hurt a little to see you pick Rivers over Eli Manning.
I know. I have those two tied, but I think Rivers can be better this year. I'm hurt to see Romo hurt :( lol
yeah, commented before I saw you pick Romo. Laughed a little tbh :P Feelsbadman
BlakeEvansTV I'll be OK though. I got CJ Anderson in Round 5 and I like my team.
It's a good team, no doubt about that. GL in your super exclusive IG league :P
BlakeEvansTV thx
Lacy over McCoy...........
Homer Simpson Yeah what was I thinking? At least I went with Shady in The Couch League and won! th-cam.com/video/jnlmFn8eWBw/w-d-xo.html
lmao "lacy over mccoy" easy to say a year later when you know what their whole season entails
Sorry but Gurley at 15... Even in a QB dominant league he should be top 10
Yes, agreed. He is an RB with the highest floor... Basically a young Adrian Peterson... What AP is to the Vikings is basically what Gurley is to the Rams... He is the offense... He is the workhorse.
Any "Experts" league drafting in early July in fact isn't a "Experts" league.
I know it's early, but I recorded this video to provide fans with early fantasy football content. Over 120,000 people on Instagram alone follow this league, and they like to see drafts from people they consider experts in July as opposed to August... If we did this draft early September, the video would be expired before I even got a chance to upload it.
Whats the cheat your using
Cheat? You mean cheat sheet? I use my own cheat sheet. Here are ALL the links to resources I used in this video:
Top300 List:
www.fantasycouch.com/2016/08/top-300-fantasy-football-2016-list/
2016 Rankings:
www.fantasycouch.com/2016/07/2016-fantasy-football-rankings/
ADP:
fantasyfootballcalculator.com/adp.php
For player news: Google the players name followed by 'rotoworld'
SportsInjuryPredictor:
sportsinjurypredictor.com/
Fantasy Strength of Schedule by position:
fftoolbox.scout.com/football/strength_of_schedule.cfm